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Welcome to the HouseSit Match Blog
Our blogs are stories shared by our housesitting team, and members who have benefited from the affordable travel, home and pet care made possible through our membership network. We hope you enjoy the blogs. Please take a moment to leave your feedback.
Design a Ventilated Home 5 Smoke-Free Tips
A few of our homeowners want to build a new property but often forget to design a ventilated home. This is essential if you have or know smokers in the home, but also for general health and well-being. Read on…
From Paris to Bali: Curating Home Elegance
Wherever you first become a homeowner curating home décor offers you a choice of how to decorate. Many of our homeowners who have travelled choose to infuse the story of their travels in how they decorate their home for interest,…
Unexpected Encounters While House Sitting
Our housesitters often share some of their encounters while house sitting, and we love how their diverse professional backgrounds impact the stories they share and how they tell the stories. In this article, Kelly Hayes-Raitt a retired journalist, and one…
High-Performance Glass – Security Top Tips
When homeowners look to optimise their home security many often overlook the high-performance glass option. Think again. Choosing toughened glass can genuinely prevent casual break-ins and become the stuff of nightmares for burglar’s and a reassurance for you as a…
First Camino: Pilgrim Discovers Housesitting
Tiera St Claire one of our regular housesitters under took her first Camino de Santiago pilgrimage some 20 years ago. And through her first Camino adventure she discovered housesitting, and hasn’t looked back from what is now a lifestyle and…
5 Top Tips – Household Habits to Avoid
As a homeowner you will likely have household habits that are causing your domestic plumbing serious damage without you knowing. In this article we offer five top tips for how you can better manage waste disposal and cleaning as it…
Where to Add a Fan at Home – Top Tips
If as a homeowner who lives in a warm climate you are wondering where to add a fan at home, then read on. In this article we offer you some practical points to consider, and we debate all the likely…
Successful Kitchen Remodel – Top Tips
Many of our homeowners ask for tips to ensure a successful kitchen remodel. Not that they do this before every housesitter arrives, you understand. It’s often a once a decade refresh that helps to make that space more efficient and…
How to Sell a Home Quickly – Top Tips
For new homeowners it may be a surprise that learning how to sell a home quickly and profitably doesn’t come easily to everyone. But there are proven strategies that can help you achieve your goal to sell your property much…